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| Five arrested in second plot to kill Perv... |
| 2002-09-09 |
| Five suspected This was a second whack at him? Four members of the group were arrested in July and accused of plotting to assassinate Musharraf in the southern port city of Karachi. "The (recently) arrested people have hatched a plot to kill the President after the failure of an earlier attempt," a senior police official told Reuters. He said the second plot was also planned for April, when Musharraf was in Karachi to address a public rally in connection with a referendum on extending his rule. Normally, failing to assassinate a dictator's a pretty fatal thing to do. But Perv seems to have this unusual streak of mercy, which is why they could find somebody to make a second try. If the first batch had been killed slowly, with dull forks, as Saddam would have done, it would have been a long time before the second try was made. I still think Perv is operating under the illusion he's going to civilize his country and establish the rule of law, so he doesn't want to set any bad precedents. Or maybe he wants to set new precedents that aren't as bad as the previous ones... "The arrest was made on a tip off and we have also seized weapons which were to be used in the planned attempt," the official said, adding investigations were continuing. The official said the second plot to kill Musharraf failed because he arrived late to inaugurate a highway in the city. Wonder if that was on purpose? He's merciful, for a dictator, but he's not stoopid... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |